United South Chinese dicine Association.
As the last patient left Room 215 nearing the end of the workday, Gu Huahua let out a sigh of relief.
He glanced at the clock opposite him. It was still early, and if he left now, he could make it to the evening gathering in ti.
However, what Gu Huahua was most concerned about right now wasn't attending the gathering, but figuring out how to bring Lu Xuan along.
He quickly packed up his things, greeted Zhang Jingcai, then left the consultation room and headed straight for Room 249.
But, as Gu Huahua arrived outside Room 249, just about to call for Lu Xuan, he realized there were two others seated inside.
Nationally recognized traditional Chinese dicine expert Huang Beishan.
Acupuncture master Zhou Jiande.
"Lu..."
Seeing these two, Gu Huahua swallowed back the words that were on the tip of his tongue, hurriedly stepped back a few paces, and didn't draw the attention of the three inside the consultation room.
Instead, he moved to a long bench where patients usually sat, planning to wait for a while.
It was after hours, so surely Elder Huang and Elder Zhou wouldn't be staying much longer.
anwhile.
Inside the consultation room.
As soon as Huang Beishan sat down, he got straight to the point: "Dr. Lu, Old Zhou just spoke with for a bit. I think he's right; since you don't intend to keep your acupuncture mastery hidden, why not apply for the Chinese dical Science and Technology Award? There's a high possibility of clinching the top spot."
Beside him, possibly expecting Lu Xuan might choose to decline, Zhou Jiande chid in: "Teacher, I know you might not care about this, but Chinese dicine does!"
Outside, Gu Huahua, who wasn't quite eavesdropping intentionally, was stunned when he heard this, especially when Huang Beishan suggested Lu Xuan apply for the Chinese dical Science and Technology Award.
Chinese dical Science and Technology Award?
That's an award set up by the Chinese dical Association for the national dical and health industry, one of the first 26 awards established by non-governntal organizations approved by the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Science and Technology.
However, that's not the key issue.
The key issue is that the Ministry of Health will recomnd projects that won the Chinese dical Science and Technology Award for the National Science and Technology Award.
That's the most daunting aspect.
The National Science and Technology Award, the highest honor, bar none.
To say obtaining the National Science and Technology Award signifies standing at the pinnacle of one's field wouldn't be an exaggeration.
Has Lu Xuan already reached this stage?
Gu Huahua found himself increasingly skeptical about life.
In the span of six months, the world's changes had been enormous.
Besides... did Huang Elder just ntion acupuncture mastery?
Was it the acupuncture mastery I know of?
When did Lu Xuan learn acupuncture?
How co I didn't know?
Zhijiang University of Traditional Chinese dicine does teach acupuncture, but they focus on internal dicine, and acupuncture is just briefly covered; it's not taught in depth, nor is it widely learned.
In fact, acupuncture is quite unfamiliar to most people.
And regardless of familiarity, it's obvious that what's required to apply for the Chinese dical Science and Technology Award cannot be sothing learned at school.
Just as Gu Huahua hadn't recovered from his shock, he heard the word "teacher" from Zhou Jiande, which nearly made him fall off the bench.
Teacher?
Who's being called teacher?
Elder Zhou calling Elder Huang?
Definitely not.
Elder Zhou calling Lu Xuan?
Since when did Lu Xuan beco Elder Zhou's teacher?
Thinking about this possibility, Gu Huahua was utterly astounded and even a bit frightened.
Elder Zhou is an acupuncture master; across the nation, there are very few who could qualify as his teacher.
"Just how skilled is Lu Xuan in acupuncture to make Elder Zhou willingly acknowledge him as a teacher?"
Gu Huahua was at a loss for words.
But the next mont, he recalled the acupuncture mastery ntioned by Huang Beishan earlier.
Aside from acupuncture mastery, he couldn't think of any other reason.
While Gu Huahua was lost in his thoughts, Zhou Jiande's voice could be heard again from inside: "Several sessions have passed without any relation to Chinese dicine in the Chinese dical Science and Technology Award. If this continues, who will rember Chinese dicine?
What's lacking in Chinese dicine now isn't just one or two miracle doctors, though my interaction with you, teacher, hasn't been extensive, at most a few hours, I can tell you don't care about these things.
But while you don't care, Chinese dicine does!
Especially now, when Western dicine is strong and Chinese dicine is weak, if this award can be won by a Chinese dicine project, it would be akin to a shot in the arm, revitalizing Chinese dicine and proving that Chinese dicine is not inferior to Western dicine. This is crucial.
The rise of Chinese dicine is not rely about talk or burying one's head in work; sotis, it's also about having the strength to go against Western dicine. As the highest award in our country's dical field, the value of the Chinese dical Science and Technology Award is self-evident, I believe you, teacher, understand this too.
You have the ability, and now you have such a good project, Elder Huang is also a mber of the Chinese dical Association; he says this project has a high possibility of winning, so there shouldn't be a problem. Since we have a project that can win an award, why not try, instead of letting this honor go to a Western dicine project?"
Zhou Jiande's argunt made Lu Xuan sowhat moved.
On the side, Huang Beishan also added: "In the past, we didn't have projects in this area to win awards, there was nothing we could do about that. We can't just pick a project at random and make a fool of ourselves, right?
Now that we have one, not going for it, Dr. Lu, I must say, would be a bit of a waste.
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